From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from server2.sitesell.com (server2.sitesell.com [216.95.221.3]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with SMTP id 436D5C1A1A2 for ; Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:02:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 18374 invoked from network); 24 Jun 2010 21:00:55 -0000 Received: from jimi.tabbweb.com (bas9-montrealak-1177755311.dsl.bell.ca [70.51.30.175]) by server2.sitesell.com ([216.95.221.3]) with ESMTP via TCP; 24 Jun 2010 21:00:55 -0000 Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:00:55 -0400 (EDT) From: Trevor Astrope To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: rfc: speakup supported kernels In-Reply-To: <20100624193703.GB1932@linux1> Message-ID: References: <20100624193703.GB1932@linux1> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:02:13 -0000 Kernels older than 2.6.26 definitely don't work with current speakup, as speakup only supports the newer kobject implementation. Rhel/Centos 5 use a modified 2.6.18 kernel. As it stands, these distributions aren't supported. Personally, I use a stable distro such as these, as I just like to have a stable working system that is low maintenance. I upgrade my os wehn I upgrade my hardware, which is about every 5 years. Rhel/centos is also popular in enterprise environments. I don't think it is necessary to support the older kernels with new speakup versions, but it would be nice if an older speakup release that did work with these kernels would still be available. That is the downside to using git and not releasing stable versions. On Thu, 24 Jun 2010, William Hubbs wrote: > All, > > our documentation states that speakup supports kernels 2.6.18 and later. > I doubt that this is correct any longer, so I wanted to bring this to > the list and figure out which versions of the kernel we want to try to > support. > > I would suggest 2.6.26 and later, because from that point on if someone > wants to build speakup into the kernel, we modify the build system to do > that, but we do not change any of the kernel source itself. > > Does anyone know if kernel versions older than 2.6.26 are being used > these days? Do we still need speakup support for those older kernels? > > Any input on this would be appreciated. > > Thanks much, > > William > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >